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Temple-complex post-dates tsunami deposits found in the ancient harbour basin of Ostia (Rome, Italy)

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015
Abstract Detailed geophysical and geoarchaeological investigations carried out in Ostia, ancient harbour of Rome, revealed two different generations of harbour basins and also proved the repeated impact of high-energy wave events on the study area. West of Ostia, at the southern bank of the Tiber, a lagoonal harbour existed from the 4th and 2nd cent.
Hanna Hadler, Andreas Vott, Peter Fischer   +2 more
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Historical faulting as the possible cause of earthquake damages in the ancient Roman port city of Ostia

Journal of Seismology, 2019
This paper presents an original multidisciplinary (geological-structural-geomorphological and seismological) study aimed at investigating the origin of diffused seismic damages affecting several ancient buildings in the Roman port city of Ostia. We also evaluate the possibility to relate these damages to a previously hypothesized ENE-WSW trending fault,
F Marra, Giuliano Milana, Laura Pecchioli   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The Tiber river delta plain (central Italy): Coastal evolution and implications for the ancient Ostia Roman settlement

Holocene, 2011
Geomorphologic, stratigraphic, faunistic, palynological and carbon isotope analyses were carried out in the area of the Tiber river mouth. The results depict a complex palaeoenvironmental evolution in the area of the Roman town of Ostia, ascertain the changes of the Tiber river delta over the last 6000 years and support a re-interpretation of some ...
G Calderoni, Federico Di Rita, Donatella Magri   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Ancient Ostia

Scientific American, 1942
exaly   +2 more sources

Structure and Design in Ancient Ostia: A Contribution to the Study of Roman Imperial Architecture

Technology and Culture, 1968
exaly   +2 more sources

2. Religious Agency and Civic Identity of Women in Ancient Ostia

2019
exaly   +2 more sources

4 Ultra-shallow Shear-wave Reflections Locating Nearsurface Buried Structures in the Unexcavated Southern Fringe of the Ancient Ostia, Rome

2020
Ranajit Ghose, Jianhuan Liu, Deyan Draganov, Dominique Ngan-Tillard, Martijn Warnaar, Joeri Brackenhoff, Jens van den Berg, Hanna Stöger   +7 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The Domus of Cupid and Psyche in Ancient Ostia

American Journal of Archaeology, 1967
The Domus of Cupid and Psyche is perhaps one of the most interesting and attractive ruins in ancient Ostia.' It was excavated in 1938, but due to the Second World War it was not published until ten years later when Professor Giovanni Becatti included it in his introductory article on the Ostian mansions of the later Empire.2 Although the structure has ...
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Analyzing an Ancient City: Non-invasive studies of Ostia Antica Archaeological Park’s Wall Paintings

2023
Roman wall paintings at the archaeological site of Ostia Antica dating from the 1st century BCE to the 4th century CE were studied in an integrated noninvasive approach using portable instrumentation, namely: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Visible Induced Luminescence (VIL), External Reflectance
Del Federico E., Tomassini P., Blumich B., Cucci C., Picollo M., Ramsey M., Wong S., Burry S., Fallon K., Miriello D., Chiari G., Becker H., Urbanek M., Zoldfoldi J., Frick J., Bader J., Kruger D., Anders J.   +17 more
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Study of archaeological lead artifacts from ancient Ostia (Rome) by mass spectrometry

2022
This study is based on a systematic approach specifically focused on tesserae, tokens, seals, and other similar ancient lead objects conserved in the Depositi of Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica (Italy). The primary goal of this work is to improve the knowledge about chronological and institutional framework of tokens (coinlike-objects) along with ...
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